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The deadline is looming to enter our new awards scheme celebrating the region’s top apprentices.

The Ladder for Birmingham Apprenticeship Awards 2019 will recognise apprentices, their employers and educational institutions across 12 different categories including crowning our overall Apprentice of the Year.

- Outstanding Apprentice of the Year (Health, Education & Care - Private or Public Sector)

- Outstanding Apprentice of the Year (Public & Charitable Sector)

- Birmingham Apprentice of the Year (chosen from the six category winners above)

- Small Employer of the Year (1-50)

- Medium Employer of the Year (51 -249)

- Large Employer of the Year (250+)

- Birmingham Apprenticeship Training Provider of the Year

- Schools Engagement Award

The awards are part of our Ladder for Greater Birmingham campaign which launched last summer and is aiming to create 1,000 new apprenticeships in Birmingham and Solihull.

The Ladder initiative is run by community development group The Vine Trust and training provider Performance Through People with funding from the Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP (GBSLEP) and Birmingham and Solihull Training Provider Network, with BirminghamLive as media partner.

How to enter

- The deadline to enter is Friday April 26, 2019 and the shortlist will be announced week commencing May 13.

- The individual sector awards are open to anyone aged 16 or over who is currently taking part in an apprenticeship programme or has recently completed one.

- To apply, you must have started your apprenticeship before October 26, 2018 or have completed your apprenticeship after January 1, 2018.

- The remaining categories are open to organisations and institutions providing and supporting apprenticeships.

- The awards are eligible to people whose main place of work is situated in the GBSLEP postcodes including Birmingham, Solihull, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Tamworth, Bromsgrove, Cannock Chase, Redditch, and Wyre Forest.